Oct. 6, 1984 – Home – Cardinal Stadium – Louisville, Ky. – Attendance 24,468
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 14 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 45 |
| Western Kentucky | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Qtr | Time | Scoring Play |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10:54 | Bobby Rusley 0-yard fumble return (Phil Ellis kick) |
| 1st | 00:25 | Ron Davenport 5-yard rush (Phil Ellis kick), 9-79, 03:46 |
| 2nd | 05:27 | Ernest Givins 25-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Phil Ellis kick), 14-84, 05:25 |
| 2nd | 02:35 | Eric Vaughn 14-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Phil Ellis kick), 5-52, 00:48 |
| 3rd | 11:35 | Danny Cerione 49-yard field goal, 4-2, 01:24 |
| 3rd | 07:01 | Carl Williams 5-yard pass from Ed Rubbert (Phil Ellis kick), 7-36, 02:27 |
| 3rd | 01:42 | Doug Pritchett 30-yard interception return (Phil Ellis kick) |
| Louisville | Western Kentucky | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 13 |
| Rushing | 7 | 4 |
| Passing | 14 | 9 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 109 | 55 |
| Rushing Attempts | 42 | 29 |
| Average Per Rush | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| Rushing Touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Yards Gained Rushing | 133 | 100 |
| Yards Lost Rushing | 24 | 45 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 300 | 193 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 20-38-4 | 20-43-2 |
| Average Per Attempt | 7.9 | 4.5 |
| Average Per Completion | 15.0 | 9.7 |
| Passing Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS | 409 | 248 |
| Total offense plays | 80 | 72 |
| Average Gain Per Play | 5.1 | 3.4 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 9-55 | 7-40 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 4-163 | 8-334 |
| Average Yards Per Punt | 40.8 | 41.8 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 4-23-0 | 1--14-0 |
| Average Per Return | 5.8 | -14.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD | 3-60-0 | 7-84-0 |
| Average Per Return | 20.0 | 12.0 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD | 2-30-1 | 4-56-0 |
| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD | 1-0-1 | 0-0-0 |
| Possession Time | 32:28 | |
| Third-Down Conversions | 9-19 | 4-16 |
| Sacks By: Number-Yards | 3-34 | 0-0 |
| PAT Kicks | 6-6 | 2-2 |
| 2Pts Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Field Goals | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| RUSHING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gain | Loss | Net | TD | Lg | Avg | |
| Ron Davenport | 14 | 51 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 12 | 3.6 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 17 | 46 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 9 | 2.5 |
| John Adams | 6 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 4.0 |
| Ed Rubbert | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 5.5 |
| Raynard Sanders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Eric Vaughn | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 14 | -14 | 0 | 0 | -14.0 |
| Totals | 42 | 133 | 24 | 109 | 1 | 12 | 2.6 |
| PASSING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-A-I | Yds | TD | Long | Sack | |
| Ed Rubbert | 17-28-1 | 280 | 3 | 31 | 0 |
| Jeff Griffin | 2-7-3 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Andy Woodring | 1-3-0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-38-4 | 300 | 3 | 31 | 0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAR | No. | Yards | YAC | TD | Long | |
| Ernest Givins | 4 | 79 | 1 | 25 | ||
| David Hatfield | 3 | 55 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Eric Vaughn | 2 | 31 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Preston Gray | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Carl Williams | 2 | 28 | 1 | 23 | ||
| Leonard Sullivan | 2 | 25 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Danny Thomas | 3 | 16 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Armstrong | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Junior Jones | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dave Naimaister | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 20 | 300 | 3 | 31 | ||
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB | |
| Danny Cerione | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 52 | ||
| Mark Nardone | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 52 | ||
| RETURNS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punt No | Yds | Lg | Kick No | Yds | Lg | Int No | Yds | Lg | |
| Eric Vaughn | 3 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 60 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Pritchett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Junior Jones | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Moss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 60 | 26 | 2 | 30 | 30 |
| FIELD GOALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr | Time | Dist | Result |
| 3rd | 11:35 | 49 | Good |
| ALL-PURPOSE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush | Rcv | KR | PR | IR | Total | |
| Eric Vaughn | -6 | 31 | 60 | 23 | 0 | 108 |
| Ernest Givins | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Leonard Sullivan | 43 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| David Hatfield | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Ron Davenport | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Preston Gray | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Doug Pritchett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| Carl Williams | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| John Adams | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Junior Jones | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| Danny Thomas | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Bruce Armstrong | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Ed Rubbert | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Dave Naimaister | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Raynard Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FUMBLES |
|---|
| Louisville – 0-0 Western Kentucky – 4-1 |
| Louisville Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Solo | Ast | Total | Sacks-Yds | TFL-Yds | FF | FR-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | Blks | QBH |
| 22 | Eric Givens | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Brian Miller | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Matt Battaglia | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Don Cosby | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Tim Chapman | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kirk Perry | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torrence Dickens | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 90 | Ron Marney | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-10 | 2.0-11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Todd Navarro | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0-15 | 1.0-15 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Donte Wheat | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Anthony Copeland | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Anthony Moss | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jeff Griffin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Doug Lucas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Bobby Jefferson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Ray Bailey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 1.0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Benny Painter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0-9 | 1.0-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Jeff Pointer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Paul Schaller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Leonard Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Rusley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Doug Pritchett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1-30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 57 | 8 | 65 | 3.0-34 | 8.0-46 | 0 | 2-0 | 2-30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
1-Kirk Perry, 6-Junior Jones, 11-Doug Lucas, 14-Jeff Griffin, 22-Eric Givens, 25-Doug Pritchett, 26-Don Cosby, 34-Brian Miller, 35-Paul Schaller, 40-Leonard Sullivan, 41-Anthony Copeland, 44-Matt Battaglia, 50-Donte Wheat, 52-Jeff Pointer, 56-Bobby Jefferson, 69-Benny Painter, 78-Ray Bailey, 88-Tim Chapman, 90-Ron Marney, 91-Todd Navarro, 99-Anthony Moss, John Adams, Bruce Armstrong, Danny Cerione, Ron Davenport, Torrence Dickens, Phil Ellis, Ernest Givins, Preston Gray, David Hatfield, Dave Naimaister, Mark Nardone, Ed Rubbert, Bobby Rusley, Raynard Sanders, Danny Thomas, Eric Vaughn, Carl Williams, Andy Woodring